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The following links represent a sampling of national sites with interactive
curricula and resources for teachers.
Access Excellence: The National Health Museum
http://www.accessexcellence.org/
A comprehensive site for Health and Bioscience Teachers and Learners.
Resources include a visual library, information on biotech and career center.
Teachers can participate in an “activity exchange” or connect
with teachers and researchers through the collaboration page. “What’s
New” provides up-to-date information and an additional page focused
on health includes more resources such as online scientific mysteries and
x-ray images of skeletons.
Biology Education Online (BEoN)
http://www.accessexcellence.org/LC/BEOn/index.html
A peer-reviewed, online journal for teaching and learning science,
by and for K-16 educators. BEoN develops and publishes a collection of
new, interactive, participatory resources that exemplify the multimedia
capabilities inherent in the Internet for the advancement of teaching and
learning science, consistent with the goals and standards of the National
Science Education Standards and the AAAS Benchmarks for Science Literacy.
Biotechnology Institute: Education Resources
http://www.biotechinstitute.org/resources/teacher_resources.html
Features activities, professional development offered around the
nation, links to magazines and printed informational material. Also includes
a long list of teacher resource links focused on biotechnology.
Genetics Science Learning Center at University of Utah
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/
This site has excellent lessons covering cell basics, biotechniques,
drug development, personalized medicine, stem cells, cloning, and gene
therapy.
NIH Curriculum Supplement Series
http://science.education.nih.gov/supplements
Interactive teaching units that combine cutting-edge science research
discoveries from the National Institutes of Health with state-of-the-art
instructional materials are available for elementary, middle and high school
students. Each supplement is a teacher’s guide to two weeks of lessons
on science and human health. This series is free to science teachers and
school administrators, consistent with National Science Education Standards,
targets grades K-12, and incorporates real scientific data. New supplements
are released each year.
PBS TeacherSource
http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/sci_tech.htm
Search for activities and lesson plans by grade level and science
topic, including genetics, human biology, ethics and chemistry.
U.S. Department of State: Languages and Life Science
http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/journal/llsintro.htm
The Advances in Biotechnology volume of this online journal provides
language teachers with resources about breakthroughs in biotechnology.
The materials give teachers and their students enough background in the
topic to understand the implications this scientific field has for their
lives and society's future and serves as a springboard for meaningful discussion
about issues that confront all of us as this technology evolves. The chapters
feature relevant background information on each topic, interactive and
communicative classroom activities, and a list of related print and Internet
resources that will allow teachers to expand the lesson further.
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